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HARLEM RENAISSANCE QUIZ

 

1. Which HR figure championed the back-to-Africa movement and was hailed as a "Black Moses" during his lifetime? (BONUS QUESTION: What organization did this HR figure found to promote racial pride?)

2. What was the controversial title to Carl Van Vechten’s famous 1826 novel about the black culture of Harlem's jazz clubs, cabarets, and social events? (BONUS QUESTION: What city is Carl Van Vechten’s hometown?)

3. What role did Jack Carter originate in DuBose Heyward’s Porgy? (BONUS QUESTION: What notable theatrical and film director directed the first stage productions of Porgy and Heyward’s and George and Ira Gershwin’s musical adaptation Porgy and Bess?)

4. What name did Harlem’s intellectuals coin to refer to themselves? (BONUS QUESTION: What quarterly was considered the "manifesto" of the Harlem Renaissance?)

5. Who is considered to be the inspiration for the literary movement that sparked the Harlem Renaissance? (BONUS QUESTION: What did the his initials stand for?)

ANSWERS:
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1. Marcus Garvey (Universal Negro Improvement Association [UNIA])

2. Nigger Heaven (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

3. Crown (Rouben Mamoulian)

4. "Niggerati" (Fire!)

5. W.E.B. DuBois (William Edward Burghardt)

 


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